Horizon City Church Sermons

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Introduction: The Old Covenant vs. The New Covenant

Well, good morning again. We have come to Hebrews Chapter nine, which is one of the most theologically dense passages in the entire Bible. Some scholars would say it’s the most theologically dense. The amount of theology and doctrine on display, being asserted, being taught, and being defended is frankly mind-boggling. There are hundreds of different theological debates amongst Bible scholars and theologians. Literally hundreds, maybe thousands, but at least hundreds of different topics and debates. There is not one single debate or theological topic that Heb...

Introduction: Florida Man

Well, many of you in the room know me. If you do not, my name is Kenny, and I have the privilege of serving as pastor here at Horizon City Church. It’s our first Easter Sunday. We’ve existed now for approximately six months. God’s kindness. So, thank you for worshiping with us this morning. My wife and I moved from Minnesota to Orlando in the summer of 2023 with the hopes of planting a church in the area in the fall of ’24. That was the plan. When I s...

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Preamble: Interstate I-95

Well, most of you know that I was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia. I grew up just a few miles from one of the busiest entries onto Interstate I-95. If you don’t know, I-95 is one of the busiest interstates in the United States. It goes all the way on the East Coast from the northern part of Maine down to South Florida. It is one of the first freeways built wh...

Preamble: Surprise Endings 

Well, if you have your Bibles and you’re not already there, flip over to Hebrews, chapter 8. I want to ask you, have you ever seen a movie where it ended in a surprise? There was a surprise twist of some sort. There are a lot of movies you could probably put on that list. You think that did not end the way I thought. Wow, what a twist! I don’t know about you, but some of my favorite movies, Shutter Island, or how about The Prestige? Hugh Jackman, fanta...

Introduction: Paris Olympics

Good morning. This past summer, I watched a ton of the Paris Olympics. I can’t remember if I’ve always watched this much of the Olympics when they’re on, or if this was just a nervous thing that I did because my son was going to be born at any moment. But when you’re watching the Olympics, you’re watching these master athletes competing against each other, and the margins between them are pretty tight, pretty small. No one is leaps and bounds ahead of anyone else. And that s...

Introduction: Don’t Stop Believing 

We have finally gotten to Melchizedek, this mysterious character from the book of Genesis. He has been alluded to multiple times. Multiple times in the Book of Hebrews, as we’ve been going through, the writer of Hebrews has alluded to this character. He’s mentioned this guy. In fact, at one point, the writer of Hebrews says, The thing he’s most eager to talk about is Melchizedek. He’s like, I’m so excited. But then he tells them, but I can’t talk about Melchizedek because you guy...

Introduction: The Gift of a Church Plant

Well, good morning. It is great to be here. As Kenny said, we started as a church eight years ago so it is a joy to be back in a new church. It brings me right back to the days when we first started at Grace Claremont over at Grassy Lake Elementary School. It is an incredible gift. There’s a certain gift that new churches have that, as the church becomes more established, you have to work harder to grab hold of. I just want to...

Introduction: Dr. Seuss, Bumps and Slumps

Well, as a father of little kids, over the last few years, I have read my fair share of the great philosopher Dr. Seuss. This morning I’m going to read from the good Doctor one of the greatest books ever written in the English language, known as “Oh, the Places You’ll Go.”

“Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will be top of all the rest. Except when you don’t, because sometimes you won’t, I’m s...

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Introduction: Friend from Chicago

Well, there are a lot of people in the room who have never been with us. So typically, I start sermons with some illustration or funny story or some insight from my life. Usually some ridiculous thing I’ve done recently. That’s typical in a lot of ways. But this morning I want to start with something a  little more sobering. I want to talk about a friend of mine who lives in Chicago, just a few years younger than I...

Introduction: Mike Tyson

Scripture text this morning is Hebrews chapter 5, verses 11 through Hebrews chapter 6, verse 3. If you have your Bibles turned there or scroll there, whatever your preference may be. Reading from the ESV this morning, these are the words of God:

“About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk...

Introduction: Our Souls at Rest

Well Goodmorning.  Last week, we dove back into the Book of Hebrews after a short hiatus. Last week, I did a recap of the first three and a half chapters of the Book of Hebrews. So I did in eight minutes what took us eight sermons in the fall. I got an amen there. That was good. The passage we looked at today is quite extensive. I mentioned this several months back. I have a friend of mine who’s a pastor in the Memphis, Tennessee area...

Introduction: Recap of Hebrews

Welcome back to the Book of Hebrews. For those of you with us in the fall, we spent October and November in the Book of Hebrews, and we took a break in December for Advent. Then in January, we were in the Why series, and now we are back in Hebrews for the next several months. I’m very excited. Yesterday morning, Daniel and I spent about two and a half hours on Zoom and went through the Book of Hebrews and planned out the summer with Hebr...

Introduction: Why Does God Allow Bad Things To Happen?

Well, good morning. It is great to have you here with us at Horizon City. Most of you in the room know me, but if you don’t, my name is Kenny. I have the privilege of serving as pastor here. A few weeks ago, we looked at John, chapter nine, back on January 5th.

So this morning we will look at John 11. This morning is a little bit of a part two to that sermon on John, chapter nine. So J...

Introduction: Liam & the Pillar Network Partnership

Well, good morning, everyone. I’m really honoured by the opportunity to come and preach today, not least to be the first guest speaker at Horizon. I’m very privileged by that. Thank you to Kenny. Thank you for just being in church here. Thank you for having me. I bring greetings from Charlotte Chapel, a Baptist church in the heart of Edinburgh. It’s about 220 years old, so it’s been around for a wee while, and I’m praying that you guys will be around for just as...